Does the fan have one of those sticky thermal paddy things with it? Mine did last time I upgraded. Forums say not as good as proper paste, but adequate for the likes of me who don't overclock to extreme Mind you I still run my pc without the case on, cause there is a more fundamental motherboard heating problem elsewhere, that I cant be bothered throwing money at
fan has some grey strips underneath, but no mention of it in the instructions! Loathe to try and peel stuff off things when I've not explicitly been told to...
All the fans I've ever bought have had a square brown patch of goo on the bottom covered by a clear transparent film. You peel off the film and attach the fan to the CPU. And no, there are never instructions to warn you of this!
In your case I'd touch the grey bits very lightly with the end of pencil, to work out if they're goo, or a layer of plastic covering the goo. If it's, er, gooey, then just attach the fan. If it's not gooey to touch, then find the edge of it and peel it off to reveal the actual goo.
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Date: 2008-10-15 10:49 am (UTC)Mine did last time I upgraded.
Forums say not as good as proper paste, but adequate for the likes of me who don't overclock to extreme
Mind you I still run my pc without the case on, cause there is a more fundamental motherboard heating problem elsewhere, that I cant be bothered throwing money at
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Date: 2008-10-15 10:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-15 11:54 am (UTC)In your case I'd touch the grey bits very lightly with the end of pencil, to work out if they're goo, or a layer of plastic covering the goo. If it's, er, gooey, then just attach the fan. If it's not gooey to touch, then find the edge of it and peel it off to reveal the actual goo.
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Date: 2008-10-16 09:05 am (UTC)